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student body with the opportunity to study law. That commitment has yielded some
of the nation’s most distinguished legal professionals. Learn how a stranger’s
favor more than 100 years ago planted the seed that became one of the largest
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With three degree programs, several joint degree options, 18
areas of focus, and six concentrations, you can find the course of study meant
for you. Complement your courses by working in one of our dozen clinics,
joining a moot court or mock trial team, or studying abroad.
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morning ‘til midnight. With more than four dozen students groups representing a
wide range of cultures, legal areas, sports, religions, and other interests,
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equipped with the skills and competencies to succeed in a shifting cultural and
technological landscape. Our Office of Professional and Career Development is a
resource for students, alumni, and employers alike.
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Our faculty include top scholars in the field, practitioners-in-residence, and current and former litigators and judicial officers. We also regularly host distinguished visiting faculty from notable institutions across the country.

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volumes, dozens of computer stations and group study rooms, access to dozens of
online research databases, and other resources to help you succeed in the
classroom.
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our online community to our alumni magazine, there are several ways for Suffolk
Law’s more than 23,000 alumni to stay connected to each other and to the
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Suffolk Law has 3 programs ranked in Top 20

November 18, 2013

Writing, negotiation and hands-on experience.

They're all essential skills of great lawyers. And at Suffolk Law, they're all nationally ranked programs.

U.S. News & World Report's 2014 Best Law School rankings have singled out three Suffolk University Law School programs as among the best in the nation: Legal Writing ranked among the country's top 10 at No. 5, Dispute Resolution placed No. 12, and the Clinical Programs were ranked No. 17.

It is the fifth year in a row that Legal Writing has been ranked by U.S. News in the top 20—since 2009. Suffolk’s clinical programs have been in the top 25for six years—since 2008—and Dispute Resolution has been in the top 20 for the last two years.

“The U.S. News rankings of our legal writing and clinical programs speak to a law school where academics and real-world legal practice skills interact to create a special kind of education,” said Law School Dean Camille Nelson. "While there is much to be celebrated about Suffolk Law that is not captured by its rankings, our move up to a 12th place ranking in dispute resolution reflects not only our tradition of producing lawyers who are outstanding litigators and ADR specialists, but also the breadth of the school's programming in this area."

"Our U.S. News ranking by law firms also indicates that we're producing high-caliber lawyers. They're smart, diligent, socially-skilled graduates — people who don't come to their work with a sense of entitlement, but rather with a commitment to working hard in service of others," Nelson added.

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Suffolk has 11 clinics, including 10 in which students can represent real clients in court. Here are a few of the programs that pushed Suffolk Law into the Top 20:

Housing Clinic—Students represent real clients in discrimination matters before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and housing cases in Boston Housing Court and Chelsea District Court.

Indian Law and Indigenous Peoples Clinic—Students partner with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in the only such program on the East Coast. Recently, students worked with the tribe to develop new rules of appellate procedure from scratch, replacing the federal rules previously relied on by the tribe. Students also successfully filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court to help protect the sovereignty of Native American tribes.

U.S. News's 2014 rankings of Best Graduate Schools are a tool to help prospective graduate students better understand the graduate school landscape and to identify programs that would be good fits. The rankings highlight the top programs in business, law, medicine, engineering, and education, among other specialties. A law school must be accredited and fully approved by the American Bar Association and must draw most of its students from the United States to be ranked and listed on the overall ranking tables.